In the Pacific, a COVID-19 outbreak sidelines deployed aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt

[nitpicker]

https://www.navytimes.com/news/coronavirus/2020/03/26/in-the-pacific-a-covid-19-outbreak-sidelines-a-deployed-aircraft-carrier/

In the Pacific, a COVID-19 outbreak sidelines deployed aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt

David B. Larter

To combat a growing outbreak of COVID-19 on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy has ordered the ship to pull into Guam and have the whole crew of 5,000-plus sailors tested for the novel coronavirus, the service’s acting secretary announced Thursday.
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The sidelining of a deployed U.S. aircraft carrier to combat a COVID-19 is the most dramatic development to date in the military’s fighting to contain the spread of the virus. There have been 104 active duty cases documented in the Navy, which Modly characterized as trending higher.

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that eight sailors on Roosevelt have tested positive for COVID-19, up from three announced on Tuesday.
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The Roosevelt was last in port in Da Nang, Vietnam, 15 days before the first infections were detected, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said during a Tuesday press conference. The decision to go forward with the port visit in early March was made when Vietnam had only 16 total cases, all isolated in the northern city of Hanoi, he said.

It is unknown yet how the sailors may have contracted the illness, noting that aircraft land on the ship regularly from outside the command, Gilday said, but that the Navy is trying to trace the sailors’ movements and isolate sailors they’ve been in contact with.
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[Demonaut]

1. I served on a carrier in the 80's for 4 1/2 years, trace contacting is nearly impossible, the

galley?, all the hand rails you have to use, close contact berthing etc.

[SheltieLover]

2. A friend's son was on that ship

Fortunately, he tested negative!

I asked immediately if the sailors would be retested daily(?), but the father didn't know. He did say all 5,000 aboard would be tested, though.

[gibraltar72]

3. He has left us defenseless.